Thomas Ramge
{{Short description|German non-fiction writer}}
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Thomas Ramge is a German non-fiction author and researcher.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zeit.de/wissen/2023-06/wollt-ihr-ewig-leben-thomas-ramge|title="Wollt ihr ewig leben?": "Schaffen wir es, 400 Jahre lang neugierig zu bleiben?"|first=Jens|last=Lubbadeh|date=July 9, 2023|via=Die Zeit}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goethe.de/prj/k40/en/lan/bas.html|title="We are basically the last generation": An interview with Thomas Ramge}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/schumpeter/2013/10/03/a-tale-of-two-ecosystems|title=A tale of two ecosystems|via=The Economist}}
Early life and education
Ramge was born in Giessen, Germany. He earned a PhD in sociology of technology on AI-assisted decision-making from Braunschweig University of Art.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digital-future.berlin/en/news/news-in-detail/news/thomas-ramge-ist-neues-assoziiertes-mitglied-am-ecdf/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=7a68ed181208cc1845b5f8e532eef348|title=News in detail|date=April 27, 2022}}
Ramge holds a position as a fellow at the Einstein Center Digital Future in Berlin and has also served as a senior research fellow at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90997749/why-techno-optimism-is-the-way-to-reinvent-innovation|title=Why ‘techno-optimism’ is the way to reinvent innovation}}
Career
Ramge began his career in broadcasting, where he served as a radio host and television reporter for ARD, a German public broadcasting network.{{Cite web|url=https://www.drlab.org/team/dr-thomas-ramge/|title=Thomas Ramge|website=Design Research Lab}} He also worked as a political correspondent for Deutsche Welle TV.
In 2012, Ramge's book, In Data We Trust, was published which he co-authored with Björn Bloching and Lars Luck.{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1057/dddmp.2013.11|title=In data we trust: How customer data is revolutionizing our economy|first=David|last=Reed|date=January 1, 2013|journal=Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice|volume=14|issue=3|pages=278–280|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1057/dddmp.2013.11}} The book was reviewed by David Reed in the Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice in 2013.
In 2018, Ramge co-authored a book titled Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger.{{Cite web|url=https://fortune.com/2018/04/16/big-data-stock-market/|title=Why Big Data Could Create Big Problems in the Stock Market|website=Fortune}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/rezensionen/sachbuch/buchrezension-das-digital-von-viktor-mayer-schoenberger-und-thomas-ramge-15305510.html|title=Buchrezension: Das Digital von Viktor Mayer-Schönberger und Thomas Ramge|first=Fridtjof|last=Küchemann|date=December 27, 2017|via=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung}} The book was reviewed by The New York Times,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/books/review/reinventing-capitalism-in-the-age-of-big-data-mayer-schonberger-ramge.html|title=What Data Has Done to Capitalism|first=David|last=Leonhardt|date=June 7, 2018|via=NYTimes.com}} Fortune, Scripted,{{Cite journal|url=https://script-ed.org/?p=3563|title=Book review: Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data|first=Wenlong|last=Li|date=August 6, 2018|journal=SCRIPTed|volume=15|issue=1|pages=162–169|via=script-ed.org|doi=10.2966/scrip.150118.162}} Finance & Development,{{Cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2018/03/book2|title=Book Review: Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge |website=IMF F&D Magazine}} and Kirkus Reviews.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/viktor-mayer-schonberger/reinventing-capitalism-in-the-age-of-big-data/|title=REINVENTING CAPITALISM IN THE AGE OF BIG DATA |website=Kirkus Reviews}} Kirkus Reviews described it as "An unnerving yet plausible portrait of a future in which finance capitalism will be as old-fashioned as Flower Power." Later, he also received the Getabstract International Book Award in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/konjunktur-politik/thomas-ramge-erhalt-wirtschaftsbuchpreis|title=Thomas Ramge erhält Wirtschaftsbuchpreis |website=Börsen-Zeitung}} In the same year, another book, The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It, was published. Rob Tench in a book review for Library Journal called it "Patrons of all levels, particularly students doing reports, could spend hours browsing this superb title."{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-global-economy-as-youve-never-seen-it-99-ingenious-infographics-that-put-it-all-together|title=The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It: 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together|first=Jan|last=Schwochow|website=Library Journal}} The book received the Axiom Business Book Award (Gold Medal Economics).{{Cite web|url=https://axiomawards.com/83/award-medalists/2019-medalists|title=2019 Medalists}} In 2019, his book Who's Afraid of AI? was published.{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2019-08-17-hitting-the-books-whos-afraid-of-ai-thomas-ramge.html|title=Hitting the Books: How big tech might monopolize AI|date=August 17, 2019|website=Engadget}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/ratgeber/article228889333/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-in-Zukunft-intelligenter-nutzen.html|title=Bestseller-Autor Thomas Ramge: "KI in Zukunft intelligenter nutzen"|first=Maik|last=Henschke|date=April 15, 2020|website=Abendblatt}}
In 2022, Ramge co-authored another book with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger titled Access Rules in which they discuss the data-hoarding practices of major tech companies and suggest alternative approaches for more equitable and open access to the information.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucpress.edu/blog/59101/qa-with-viktor-mayer-schonberger-and-thomas-ramge-authors-of-access-rules/|title=Q&A with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge, authors of Access Rules}} The book was reviewed by Georgetown Public Policy Review and Engadget.{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/hitting-the-books-access-rules-mayer-schonberger-ramge-uc-press-140054547.html|title=Hitting the Books: US regulators are losing the fight against Big Tech|date=May 8, 2022|website=Engadget}}{{Cite web|url=https://gppreview.com/2022/08/29/access-rules/|title=Opening the Gates: Access Rules Wants Society to Pressure Big Tech to Share Their Data|first=Alisha |last=Saxena |date=August 29, 2022}}
In 2023, On the Brink of Utopia was published which he co-authored with Rafael Laguna de la Vera. In the same year, Do you want to live forever? was published which was reviewed by Die Zeit and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zeit.de/2023/21/wollt-ihr-ewig-leben-thomas-ramge-buch-unsterblichkeit|title="Wollt ihr ewig leben?" von Thomas Ramge: Wenn die Lebenserwartung vervielfacht würde|first=Stefan|last=Schmitt|date=May 19, 2023|via=Die Zeit}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/buecher-podcast/thomas-ramge-ueber-sein-buch-wollt-ihr-ewig-leben-19240675.html|title=Thomas Ramge über sein Buch "Wollt ihr ewig leben?"|first=Kai|last=Spanke|date=October 14, 2023|via=www.faz.net}}
Ramge is also a faculty member at AI Business School Zurich. He has also written articles for Harvard Business Review,{{Cite web|url=https://hbr.org/2018/02/are-the-most-innovative-companies-just-the-ones-with-the-most-data|title=Are the Most Innovative Companies Just the Ones With the Most Data?|first1=Viktor|last1=Mayer-Schönberger|first2=Thomas|last2=Ramge|date=February 7, 2018|via=hbr.org}} MIT Sloan Management Review,{{Cite web|url=https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-data-boom-is-here-its-just-not-evenly-distributed/|title=The Data Boom Is Here — It’s Just Not Evenly Distributed|first=Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas|last=Ramge|date=February 9, 2022|website=MIT Sloan Management Review}} and Foreign Affairs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/thomas-ramge|title=Thomas Ramge | Foreign Affairs|date=December 19, 2018|website=www.foreignaffairs.com}} He is also the host of the bi-weekly podcast of the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sprind.org/de/podcast|title=SPRIND Podcast|website=Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen}}
Bibliography
- Ramge, Thomas (2003). Die großen Politskandale. Campus. ISBN 3-593-37069-7
- Ramge, Thomas (2004). Die Flicks. Campus. ISBN 9783593374048.
- Ramge, Thomas (2006). Nach der Ego-Gesellschaft. Pendo. ISBN 3866120818
- Friebe, Holm; Ramge, Thomas (2008). Marke Eigenbau.
- Bloching, Björn; Luck, Lars; Ramge, Thomas (2012). In Data We Trust: How Customer Data is Revolutionising Our Economy. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0262546485.
- Ramge, Thomas; Etzold, Veit (2016). Equity Storytelling: Think – Tell – Sell: Boost Your Firm's Value with the Right Story. ISBN 978-1535571296.
- Ramge, Thomas; Schwochow, Jan (2018). The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It - 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together. The Experiment. ISBN 978-1615195176.
- Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor; Ramge, Thomas (2018). Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data. Basic Books. ISBN 9780465093687.
- Ramge, Thomas (2019). Who's afraid of AI? Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines. The Experiment. ISBN 978-1615195503.
- Ramge, Thomas (2020). Postdigital: Using AI to Fight Coronavirus, Foster Wealth and Fuel Democracy. Murmann. ISBN 9783867746625.
- Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor; Ramge, Thomas (2022). Access Rules: Freeing Data from Big Tech for a Better Future. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520387737.
- Ramge, Thomas (2023). Augmented Intelligence: Making Better Decisions with Data & AI. bf2 publishers. ISBN 979-8372705647.
- Ramge, Thomas; Laguna de la Vera, Rafael (2023). On the Brink of Utopia – Reinventing Innovation to Solve the World's Largest Problems and Reinventing. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262546485.
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